Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.118
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6.118.1
असंव्यूढेष्वनीकेषु भूयिष्ठमनुवर्तिषु ।
ब्रह्मलोकपराः सर्वे समपद्यन्त भारत ॥ ६.११८.१ ॥
O Bhārata, when the armies were disordered and most of them were turning back, all became intent on the world of Brahmā.
6.118.2
च ह्यनीकमनीकेषु समसञ्जत संकले ।
रथा न रथिभिः सार्धं पादाता न पदातिभिः ॥ ६.११८.२ ॥
And in that confused melee, army clashed with army: chariots did not fight with chariot-warriors, nor foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers.
6.118.3
अश्वा नाश्वैरयुध्यन्त गजा न गजयोधिभिः ।
उन्मत्तवन्महाराज युध्यन्ते तत्र भारत ॥ ६.११८.३ ॥
Horses did not fight with horses, nor elephants with elephant-warriors; O great king, O Bhārata, they fought there like madmen.
6.118.4
महान्व्यतिकरो रौद्रः सेनयोः समपद्यत ।
नरनागगणेष्वेवं विकीर्णेषु च सर्वशः ॥ ६.११८.४ ॥
A great and terrible confusion arose between the two armies; the troops of men and elephants were scattered everywhere in this way.
6.118.5
क्षये तस्मिन्महारौद्रे निर्विशेषमजायत ।
ततः शल्यः कृपश्चैव चित्रसेनश्च भारत ॥ ६.११८.५ ॥
In that most dreadful destruction everything became indistinguishable. Then Śalya, Kṛpa, and Citrasena, O Bhārata, [were there as well].
6.118.6
दुःशासनो विकर्णश्च रथानास्थाय भास्वरान् ।
पाण्डवानां रणे शूरा ध्वजिनीं समकम्पयन् ॥ ६.११८.६ ॥
Duḥśāsana and Vikarṇa, mounting their gleaming chariots, made the army of the Pāṇḍavas tremble in battle; they were heroes.
6.118.7
सा वध्यमाना समरे पाण्डुसेना महात्मभिः ।
त्रातारं नाध्यगच्छद्वै मञ्जमानेव नौर्जंले ॥ ६.११८.७ ॥
The army of Pāṇḍu, being slain in battle by the great-souled ones, found no protector, like a boat sinking in water.
6.118.8
यथा हि शैशिरः कालो गवां मर्माणि कृन्तति ।
तथा पाण्डुसुतानां वै भीष्मो मर्माणि कृन्तति ॥ ६.११८.८ ॥
As the wintry season cuts at the vital parts of cows, so Bhīṣma cuts at the vital parts of the sons of Pāṇḍu.
6.118.9
तथैव तव सैन्यस्य पार्थेन च महात्मना ।
नवमेघप्रतीकाशाः पातिता बहुधा गजाः ॥ ६.११८.९ ॥
Likewise, your army's elephants, like new clouds, were felled in many ways by the great-souled Pārtha.
6.118.10
मृद्यमानाश्च दृश्यन्ते पार्थेन नरयूथपाः ।
इषुभिस्ताड्यमानाश्च नाराचैश्च सहस्रशः ॥ ६.११८.१० ॥
The lords of men are seen being crushed by Pārtha, struck by arrows and iron shafts by the thousand.
6.118.11
पेतुरार्तस्वरं घोरं कृत्वा तत्र महागजाः ।
आनद्धाभरणैः कायैर्निहतानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ६.११८.११ ॥
There the great elephants fell, making a terrible cry of anguish, together with the bodies of the slain great-souled ones, adorned with trappings.
6.118.12
छन्नमायोधनं रेजे शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः ।
तस्मिन्नेव महाराज महावीरवरक्षये ॥ ६.११८.१२ ॥
That battlefield, covered with heads adorned with earrings, shone, O great king, in the destruction of the foremost of mighty heroes.
6.118.13
भीष्मे च युधि विक्रान्ते पाण्डवे च धनञ्जये ।
ते पराक्रान्तमालोक्य राजन्युधि पितामहम् ॥ ६.११८.१३ ॥
O king, while Bhīṣma fought valiantly in battle and the Pāṇḍava Dhanañjaya fought with courage, they saw the grandsire displaying his prowess in the fight.
6.118.14
अभ्यवर्तन्त ते पुत्राः सर्वे सैन्यपुरस्कृताः ।
इच्छन्तो निधनं युद्धे स्वर्गं कृत्वा परायणम् ॥ ६.११८.१४ ॥
All your sons advanced, placing the army in front, desiring death in battle and making heaven their supreme goal.
6.118.15
पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तन्त तस्मिन्वीरवरक्षये ।
पाण्डवापि महाराज स्मरन्तो विविधान्बहून् ॥ ६.११८.१५ ॥
In that battle, the destruction of the best of heroes, the Pāṇḍavas also advanced against them; O great king, remembering many and various sufferings.
6.118.16
क्लेशान्कृतान्सपुत्रेण त्वया पूर्वं नराधिप ।
भयं त्यक्त्वा रणे शूरा ब्रह्मलोकाय तत्पराः ॥ ६.११८.१६ ॥
O lord of men, remembering the hardships you and your sons formerly inflicted upon them, the heroes, having abandoned fear in battle, were intent on the world of Brahmā.
6.118.17
तावकांस्तव पुत्रांश्च योधयन्ति प्रहृष्टवत् ।
सेनापतिस्तु समरे प्राह सेनां महारथः ॥ ६.११८.१७ ॥
They fought joyfully against your men and your sons; but in battle the great charioteer, the commander, spoke to the army.
6.118.18
अभिद्रवत गाङ्गेयं सोमकाः सृञ्जयैः सह ।
सेनापतिवचः श्रुत्वा सोमकाः सृञ्जयाश्च ते ॥ ६.११८.१८ ॥
"Attack Gāṅgeya together with the Somakas and the Sṛñjayas." Hearing the commander's words, the Somakas and the Sṛñjayas advanced accordingly.
6.118.19
अभ्यद्रवन्त गाङ्गेयं शरवृष्ट्या समाहताः ।
वध्यमानस्ततो राजन्पिता शान्तनवस्तव ॥ ६.११८.१९ ॥
Struck by a shower of arrows, they rushed upon Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma). O king, then your father, the son of Śantanu, was being slain.
6.118.20
अमर्षवशमापन्नो योधयामास सृञ्जयान् ।
तस्य कीर्तिमतस्तात पुरा रामेण धीमता ॥ ६.११८.२० ॥
Overcome by anger, he fought against the Sṛñjayas. O dear one, to that renowned man, long ago, the wise Rāma (Paraśurāma) had given (his weapons-training).
6.118.21
संप्रदत्ताऽस्त्रशिक्षा वै परानीकविनाशनी ।
स तां विद्यामधिष्ठाय कुर्वन्तपरबलक्षयम् ॥ ६.११८.२१ ॥
The training in weapons that destroys the enemy's army had been fully imparted to him. Having mastered that knowledge, he made the enemy's strength perish.
6.118.22
अहन्यहनि पार्थानां वृद्धः कुरुपितामहः ।
भीष्मो दशसहस्राणि जघान परवीरहा ॥ ६.११८.२२ ॥
Day after day, the aged grandsire of the Kurus, Bhīṣma, slayer of heroic enemies, slew ten thousand of the Pāṇḍavas' men.
6.118.23
तस्मिंस्तु दशमे प्राप्ते दिवसे भरतर्षभ ।
एको भीष्मो हि मत्स्येषु पाञ्चालेषु च संयुगे ॥ ६.११८.२३ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, on that tenth day, Bhīṣma alone, in battle, among the Matsyas and the Pāñcālas (wrought slaughter).
6.118.24
गजाश्वममितं हत्वा हत्वा सप्त महारथान् ।
हत्वा पञ्चसहस्राणि रथानां प्रतिपामहः ॥ ६.११८.२४ ॥
Having slain countless elephants and horses, having slain seven great chariot-warriors, having slain five thousand chariot-fighters, he destroyed those who opposed him.
6.118.25
नराणां च महायुद्धे सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ।
दन्तिनां च सहस्राणि हयानामयुतं पुनः ॥ ६.११८.२५ ॥
In the great battle he struck down fourteen thousand men, thousands of elephants, and again ten thousand horses.
6.118.26
शिक्षबलेन न्यहनत्पिता तव विशांपते ।
ततः सर्वमहीपानां क्षपयित्वा वरूथिनीम् ॥ ६.११८.२६ ॥
O lord of the people, your father struck with the strength of his skill; then, having destroyed the whole army of kings.
6.118.27
विराटस्य प्रियो भ्राता शतानीको निपातितः ।
शतानीकं च समरे हत्वा भीष्मः प्रतापवान् ॥ ६.११८.२७ ॥
Śatānīka, the dear brother of Virāṭa, was felled; and having slain Śatānīka in battle, the mighty Bhīṣma.
6.118.28
सहस्राणि महाराज राज्ञां भल्लैरपातयत् ।
उद्विग्नाः समरे योधा विक्रोशन्ति धनञ्जयम् ॥ ६.११८.२८ ॥
O great king, with crescent arrows he felled thousands of kings; in battle the agitated warriors cry out to Dhanañjaya.
6.118.29
ये च केचन पार्थानामभियाता धनञ्जयम् ।
राजानो भीष्ममासाद्य गतास्ते यमसादनम् ॥ ६.११८.२९ ॥
And whatever kings came attacking Dhanañjaya on the side of the sons of Pṛthā, having reached Bhīṣma, they went to the abode of Yama.
6.118.30
किरन्दश दिशो भीष्मः शरजालैः समन्ततः ।
अतीत्य सेनां पार्थानामवतस्थे चमूमुखे ॥ ६.११८.३० ॥
Scattering the directions with nets of arrows on every side, Bhīṣma passed beyond the army of the Pārthas and stood at the front of the host.
6.118.31
स कृत्वा सुमहत्कर्म तस्मिन्वै दशमेऽहनि ।
सेनयोरन्तरे तिष्ठन्प्रगृहीतशरासनः ॥ ६.११८.३१ ॥
Having performed a mighty deed on that tenth day, he stood between the two armies, his bow raised.
6.118.32
न चैनं पार्थिवाः केचिच्छक्ता राजन्निरीक्षितुम् ।
मध्यं प्राप्तं यथा ग्रीष्मे तपन्तं भास्करं दिवि ॥ ६.११८.३२ ॥
No kings were able to look upon him, O king, as one cannot look at the sun blazing at midday in the sky in summer.
6.118.33
यथा दैत्यचमूं शक्रस्तापयामास संयुगे ।
तथा भीष्मः पाण्डवेयांस्तापयामास भारत ॥ ६.११८.३३ ॥
As Indra scorched the army of the Daityas in battle, so Bhīṣma scorched the sons of Pāṇḍu, O Bhārata.
6.118.34
तथा चैनं पराक्रान्तमालोक्य मधुसूदनः ।
उवाच देवकीपुत्रः प्रीयमाणो धनञ्जयम् ॥ ६.११८.३४ ॥
Seeing him thus pressing forward in valour, Madhusūdana, the son of Devakī, well pleased, spoke to Dhanañjaya.
6.118.35
एष शान्तनवो भीष्मः सेनयोरन्तरे स्थितः ।
सन्निहत्य बलादेनं विजयस्ते भविष्यति ॥ ६.११८.३५ ॥
Here stands Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, between the two armies; by striking him down by force, victory will be yours.
6.118.36
बलात्संस्तम्भयस्वैनं यत्रैषा भिद्यते चमूः ।
न हि भीष्मशरानन्यः सोढुमुत्सहते विभो ॥ ६.११८.३६ ॥
O mighty one, where this army is breaking, restrain him by force; no one else is able to endure the arrows of Bhīṣma.
6.118.37
ततस्तस्मिन्क्षणे राजंश्चोदितो वानरध्वजः ।
सध्वजं सरथं साश्वं भीष्ममन्तर्दधे शरैः ॥ ६.११८.३७ ॥
Then, O king, at that moment, urged on, the monkey-bannered one covered Bhīṣma with his banner, chariot and horses under a shower of arrows.
6.118.38
स चापि कुरुमुख्यानामृषभः पाण्डवेरितान् ।
सरव्रतैः शरव्रातान्बहुधा विदुधाव तान् ॥ ६.११८.३८ ॥
And that bull among the chief Kurus also cut down, in many ways, those multitudes of arrows sent forth by the Pāṇḍavas.
6.118.39
ततः पाञ्चालराजश्च धृष्टकेतुश्च वीर्यवान् ।
पाण्डवो भीमसेनश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥ ६.११८.३९ ॥
Then the king of the Pāñcālas, the mighty Dhṛṣṭaketu, the Pāṇḍava Bhīmasena, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata—
6.118.40
यमौ च चेकितानश्च केकयाः पञ्च चैव ह ।
सात्यकिश्च महाबाहुः सौभद्रोऽथ घटोत्कचः ॥ ६.११८.४० ॥
The twins, Cekitāna, the five Kekaya brothers, the great-armed Sātyaki, the son of Subhadrā, and then Ghaṭotkaca—
6.118.41
द्रौपदेयाः शिखण्डी च कुन्तिभोजश्च वीर्यवान् ।
विराटश्च महाराज पाण्डवेया महाबलाः ॥ ६.११८.४१ ॥
The sons of Draupadī, Śikhaṇḍin, the mighty Kuntibhoja, and Virāṭa, O great king, and the mighty sons of Pāṇḍu—
6.118.42
एते चान्ये च बहवः पीडिता भीष्मसायकैः ।
समुद्धृताः फल्गुनेन निमग्नाः शोकसागरे ॥ ६.११८.४२ ॥
These and many others, afflicted by Bhīṣma's arrows and sunk in the ocean of sorrow, were lifted up by Phalguna (Arjuna).
6.118.43
ततः शिखण्डी वेगेन प्रगृह्य परमायुधम् ।
भीष्ममेवाभिदुद्राव रक्ष्यमाणः किरीटिना ॥ ६.११८.४३ ॥
Then Śikhaṇḍin, seizing a supreme weapon with speed, rushed straight at Bhīṣma, protected by the diademed one (Arjuna).
6.118.44
ततोऽस्यानुचरान्हत्वा सर्वान्रणविभागवित् ।
भीष्ममेवाभिदुद्राव बीभत्सुरपराजितः ॥ ६.११८.४४ ॥
Then Bībhatsu (Arjuna), unconquered and knowing the divisions of battle, slew all his followers and rushed straight at Bhīṣma.
6.118.45
सात्यकिश्चेकितानश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ।
विराटो द्रुपदश्चैव माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥ ६.११८.४५ ॥
Sātyaki, Ekitāna, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata, Virāṭa, Drupada, and the two sons of Mādrī, the Pāṇḍavas.
6.118.46
दुद्रुवुर्भीष्ममेवाजौ रक्षिता दृढधन्वना ।
अभिमन्युश्च समरे द्रौपद्याः पञ्च चात्मजाः ॥ ६.११८.४६ ॥
Protected by the firm-bowed one, they rushed in battle straight at Bhīṣma: Abhimanyu too, and the five sons of Draupadī.
6.118.47
ददृशुः समरे भीष्मं समुद्यतमहायुधम् ।
ते सर्वे दृढधन्वानः संयुगेष्वपलायिनः ॥ ६.११८.४७ ॥
In battle they saw Bhīṣma with his great weapon raised; all of them were firm archers who did not flee in combat.
6.118.48
बहुधा भीष्ममानर्च्छुर्मार्गणैः क्षतमार्गणैः ।
विधूय तान्बाणगणान्ये मुक्ताः पार्थिवोत्तमैः ॥ ६.११८.४८ ॥
In many ways they struck Bhīṣma with wounding arrows, and he shook off the hosts of arrows that the foremost kings had released.
6.118.49
पाण्डवानामदीनात्मा व्यगाहत वरूथिनीम् ।
चक्रे शरविघातं च क्रीडन्निव पितामहः ॥ ६.११८.४९ ॥
The undaunted-hearted grandsire plunged into the Pāṇḍava army and, as if at play, scattered a rain of arrows.
6.118.50
नाभिसंधत्त पाञ्चाल्ये स्मयमानो मुहुर्मुहुः ।
स्त्रीत्वं तस्यानुसंस्मृत्य भीष्मो बाणाञ्शिखण्डिने ॥ ६.११८.५० ॥
Smiling again and again, recalling his former womanhood, Bhīṣma did not aim his arrows at the Pāñcāla, Śikhaṇḍin.
6.118.51
जघान द्रुपदानीके रथान्सप्त महारथः ।
ततः किलकिलाशब्दः क्षणेन समभूत्तदा ॥ ६.११८.५१ ॥
The great charioteer struck down seven chariots in the army of Drupada; then in an instant a shout of triumph rose up.
6.118.52
मत्स्यपाञ्चालचेदीनां तमेकमभिधावताम् ।
ते नराश्वरथव्रातैर्मार्गणैश्च परंतप ॥ ६.११८.५२ ॥
O scorcher of foes, the warriors of the Matsyas, Pāñcālas and Cedis charged at him alone, with troops of men, horses and chariots, and with arrows.
6.118.53
तमेकं छादयामासुर्मेघा इव दिवाकरम् ।
भीष्मं भागीरथीपुत्रं प्रतपन्तं रणे रिपून् ॥ ६.११८.५३ ॥
As clouds cover the sun, they covered that one man—Bhīṣma, son of Bhāgīrathī, who was scorching his foes in battle.
6.118.54
ततस्तस्य च तेषां च युद्धे देवासुरोपमे ।
किरीटी भीष्ममानर्च्छ पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् ॥ ६.११८.५४ ॥
Then, in that battle like the war of gods and demons, Kirīṭin (Arjuna), placing Śikhaṇḍin in front, attacked Bhīṣma.